Alyssa M. Caridis

Alyssa M. Caridis is a highly experienced patent litigation attorney and a leader within Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, where she co-chairs the firm's Intellectual Property Litigation practice and leads its global Intellectual Property Business Unit. Her practice focuses on complex patent and copyright trials, open source licensing, and IP counseling for technology companies. Caridis primarily defends operating companies, consistently representing defendants in patent infringement actions, as evidenced by her tracked appearances and numerous defense roles for clients like Sonos, Netflix, DISH Network, and Canon.

Caridis handles a broad spectrum of technologies, including streaming media systems, software, consumer electronics, medical devices, aerospace, automotive, and nuclear energy. She also possesses experience in Hatch-Waxman Act litigation and addresses legal questions arising from the rapid growth of AI. Notably, she was lead counsel for Sonos, Inc. in Implicit, LLC v. Sonos, Inc., where the Federal Circuit affirmed the invalidity of a patent related to audio synchronization. In Personalized Media Communications, LLC v. Netflix, Inc., she served as counsel for Netflix in a six-patent streaming dispute that resulted in a stipulated dismissal with prejudice. She also played a key role representing Sonos in patent disputes against Google, securing an ITC finding of infringement and an importation ban, and successfully invalidating Google patents in parallel district court and IPR proceedings, contributing to a jury award of over $30 million for Sonos.

Caridis demonstrates significant experience in PTAB/IPR proceedings, utilizing them strategically in her cases, including in the Implicit v. Sonos and DISH Network matters. In 2023 alone, she was part of Orrick teams that achieved two jury verdicts, three ITC proceedings wins, and numerous successful IPRs and dispositive motions. She is admitted to practice in California and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She earned her J.D. from Loyola Law School in 2008 and a B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College in 2005.